Shoe and process of making the same



0a. 23 W23. HAFZM? s. EVANS .SHOE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Filed March 8, 1923 ATTORNEY VELTOR snares earner @FFHQE/ EVANS, OF WOOZDHAVEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH BURGER, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE AND PROCESS OF MAKTNG THE SAME.

Application filed March 8, 1923. Serial No. 623,596.

New York, have invented certain new cesses of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification.

V This invention relates particularly to wooden heels and to the manner of securing the same in place.

The objects of the invention are to enable he adjustment of the heel to suit the paricular condition of the shoe and to provide for drawing the heel up firmly into engagement with the body of the shoe after such liminary adjustment.

iurtherobject is to strengthen and rigbrace the shoe at the point where the heel is secured.

These objects and others are attained in my invention by the employment of an anchorage plate which is first secured in adjusted relation over the heel portion of the e sole and which is perforated to provide t t t gages for forcing holes up through the sole and heel which is recessed to fit over the heel plate so that after being shifted in various directions to fit the shoe body fasten- "1. such as screws can be driven down ough the holes in the sole and plate to i the heel into firm engagement with the re and with its edges in close fitting eng ement with the counter-portion of the shoe.

Various other novel features of the inven- 'tion will appear as the specification pro seeds.

.e accompanying drawings are illustraf a simple practical embodiment of the otion, wherein; Figure l is a broken view illustrating the heel plate as sed in adjusted relation over the bottom of is shoe sole. i

are 2 is a broken sectional view illusng one way in which said heel plate may soured by brads or nails clinched at the crude of the sole and showing holes for the securing screws punched in the sole up through the screw holes in the plate.

re 3 is another longitudinal sectional fen illustrating a heel adjusted in the ded relation over the plate and an awl down through one of the alined openuseful Improvements in Shoes and.

ings in the sole and heel plate to form a seat for a securing screw in the body of the heel.

Figure l is a similar view of the completed work, showing the screws driven down through the alined holes inthe sole and plate into the heel and serving to hold the heel firmly engaged with the plate and with its rim snugly fitted to the counter of the shoe.

Figure 5 is a broken cross sectional detail.

The shoe illustrated may be considered either as a new shoe to which the heel has not yet been applied or as a worn shoe from which the old heel has been detached preparatory to the attachment of a new heel.

In Figure 1 the heel plate which is designated 5 is shown as secured in position on the sole 6 of the shoe by brads or tacks 7 which may be clinched at the inside of the shoe, as indicated at 8 in Figure 2.

This heel plate is made of relatively light and thin material which is fairly still and rigid, such as sheet steel and while generally fiat, may be curved upwardly at its edgesto more closely fit the bottom of the sole. Perforations are provided in the plate for the fastenings by which it is secured in position. In the illustration there is a row 9 of such fastening perforations about the peripheral or edge portion of the plate and other perforations 10 disposed at difierent points longitudinally and transversely of the plate within this outer row so as to provide as reat a variety of fastenin points as may be required. This is particu arly important for repair jobs where the sole of the shoe may be found to be too weak at some points to receive the fastenings and may be sufliciently strong at other points to take enough fastenings to more than compensate for any such weaknesses. The choice of fastening points thus provided is also advantageous when it is considered that the plate is usually adjusted over the sole in various directions until a position is determined where the plate best fits the shoe and will provide the best reinforcement therefor.

After the plate has been fitted and secured in its adjusted relation on the sole, openings 11 for heel securing screws or tastenings are provided in the solo by forcing an awl or other cutting tool up through screw holes 12 formed in the plate. These screw holes, as indicated in Figure 1, are preferably so spaced and positioned about ables the positioning of the screws so as to avoid the shank.

In forming the screw receiving openings in the sole the attached heel plate serves as a gage by which holes are provided inside the shoe in register with the holes in the anchorage plate and through which therefore screws or other suitable fastenings can v be driven to secure the heel. in place.

The heel plate is enough smaller than the heel and the concavity in the top of the heel is deep enough to fully receive the heel plate in all the adjusted positions of both the heel plate and the heel. This enables the heel being shifted in various directions over the plate and over the sole until it is brought into position where it will best fit that particular shoe and where its rim or edge Will snugly engage the counter-portion of the shoe] After such adjustment of the heel to best fit the shoe in hand the openings for the screws or other fastenings areeither marked or formedin the body of the heel as by means of an awl or other suitable instrument entered through the guide holes previously formed in the sole. Figure 3 illustrates how this may be done by operating with an awl 13 at the inside of the shoe, by inserting the point of the same through the alined openings 11, 12 in the sole and plate and forcing a screw receiving opening in the body of the heel 14. This method of operation provides screw seats in th heelproperly pOsitioned to receive screws driven down from the inside of the shoe through the heel plate. regardless of the position to which the heel has been adjusted over the plate.

Figure 4 shows how after the screw sets have been formed in the adjusted or positioned heel. one or more screws 15, 16 may be driven from the inside of the shoe down through the alined holes in the sole and heel plate into the body of the heel and how such screws can be tightened up to draw the heel firmly up to a seat against the bottom of the sole and with its edges neatly and firmly engaged with the. counter-portion of the shoe. Ordinarily the heads of such screws will bottom against the upper face of the heel plate which will then provide a solid abutment for the screw to exert its pull against. After the securing screw or screws are in place the fastenings which are exposed at the inner face of the sole may be covered over by a suitable flap or lining piece 17.

It will be observed that all of the operations necessary for the attachment of thehcel. including th nailing on of the heel plate, the formation of the screw openings in. th sole, the provision of the screw seats in the heel and the driving; of the securing screws down from the inside of the shoe, re such as can readily be performed by any ordinary shoe-maker and by the use of tools with which he is familiar, and further, that the adjustability of the heel plate on the sole and the independent adjustab-ikity of the heel over the plate provides a range sutiicientto meet the requirements of practically any repair work that may be submitted. Also this invention enables the necessary repairs to be made even though the sole he very much weakened, as by decay of the leather, because in such instances the fastenings may be driven all about the edge of the plate so as to engage with the inturned portion of the counter and the plate be thus in effect directly fastened to the counter. The counter is usually strong enough for this purpose and the attachment of the heel .plate in this fashion makes it even stronger and unifies the structure to such an extent as to enable the heel being firmlvand permanently secured in proper position.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A shoe having asole. a substantially flat and thin heel plat having a number of nailing perforations distributed over its face and fastened in a selected position over the outside of the heel portion of the shoe sole by. fastenings driven through the nailinc" perforations suited to the positioning of the plate on the sole, said heel plate further having an opening; or openings for one or more screws providing gages for driving screw holes up through the shoe sole, a wooden heel havin a cavity in its upper face freely receiving the heel plate and enabling adjustment of the heel over th sole in all directions to fit the heel to the body of the shoe and a screw or screws passed down through the screw opening or openings in the sole and in the heel plate into the body-of the heel and accessible within the shoe for drawing the heel firmly up against the heel plate andso-le with its edges in close fitting engagement with the body of the shoe.

2. In the application of a wooden heel to the body of a shoe. the process which comprises fitting aperforated heel plate over the outer heel portion of the shoe sole in the position where it will best brace the sole and be most firmly attached thereto and securing the same thus positioned by fastcnings driven through selected perforascrew or screws (lOWIl through the sole and heel plate into the body of the heel and tightening said screw or screws sufficiently from fihe inside of the shoe to draw the heel up into firm engagement With the heel plate and sole with its edges in close fitting engagement with the body of the shoe.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set,

my hand this 21 day of Feb, 1923.

SYLVESTER EVANS. 

